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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) opened Phase 2 of its tariff refund process on June 29, allowing importers to seek reimbursements for additional IEEPA duties that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down earlier this year.

The International Housewares Association (IHA) announced that Target’s top home merchant, Mara Sirhal, will present the retail keynote at the 2026 Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession (CHESS) conference this fall.

The Trump administration’s initiative to effectively replace struck-down IEEPA tariffs by turning to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 took a step forward as the U.S. Trade Representative proposed the imposition of duties on 60 countries and economies based on a determination that they haven’t sufficiently addressed forced labor issues.